PRODUCERS' SHOWCASE: THE LETTER (TV)

Summary

One in this series of live dramas.

An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's story of Leslie Crosbie, a woman on trial for the murder of a man she claims tried to rape her. Leslie's lawyer believes her to be innocent until he is approached by the dead man's mistress who holds a letter proving that Leslie killed the man in a fit of jealous rage. Leslie obtains $10,000 from her husband to pay off the blackmailers and is acquitted; in the process she has ruined her husband's business and her chances for happiness by admitting the truth about the murder to her husband. This is a black and white copy of a color program. Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: NBC
• DATE: October 15, 1956 Monday 8:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 1:25:05
• COLOR/B&W: B&W Copy of Color Telecast
• CATALOG ID: T78:0346
• GENRE: Drama, mystery/suspense
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, mystery/suspense; Literature - Adaptations; Blackmail; Asian American Pacific Islanders Collection
• SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1954-1957
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Mort Abrahams … Executive Producer
• William Wyler … Producer, Director
• Leo Davis … Associate Producer
• Kirk Browning … Director
• Joseph Schrank … Adapted by
• W. Somerset Maugham … Based on the story by
• George Bassman … Music by
• Siobhan Mckenna … Cast, Leslie Crosbie
• Michael Rennie … Cast, Howard Joyce
• John Mills … Cast, Robert Crosbie
• Anna May Wong … Cast, The Woman
• John Irving … Cast, John Withers
• Aki Aleong … Cast, Ong Chi Sing
• Cathleen Cordell … Cast, Mrs. Joyce
• Kate Deei … Cast, Chung Hi
• Margaretta Warwick … Cast, Mrs. Parker